Package



R. M. QUIGG PACKAGE Filed May 6, 1932 Feb. 5, 1935.

r A Y J 044 1 V v .1 Z 717%, a 4 l Patented Feb. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a package and also to a method of packaging.

The present invention contemplates packaging of merchandise in such manner that the con tents may be readily visible and yet sealed against admission of foreign matter.

An object of the present invention is to provide a Cellophane wrapped package having minimum area of opaque material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package having bottom and ends of opaque material with the balancerof transparent material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package which may be manufactured at low cost in quantity lots and readily adapted for speedy filling and covering.

A still further object of the invention is to pro- 'vide a package having opaque bottom and ends and transparent sides and top.

Another and yet further object of the invention is to provide a package having opaque bottom and ends which ends are shaped to provide the ultimate form of the package and which package is completed by application of transparent frangible material such as Cellophane or the like over the ends and against the bottom.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an isometric view of a package constructed in accordance with principles of the present invention showing the appearance of the package when completed and filled.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the package illustrated in Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is an isometric view of the bottom and ends which ends are rectangular in outline rather than semi-circular, as illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an end view of a package end of truncated conical shape that may be employed in making packages embodying prinicples of the present invention.

Figure 5 illustrates the package before filling.

The drawing will now be explained.

Figure 3 illustrates the opaque portion of the package and as there illustrated includes a bottom 1 and ends 2. The bottom and ends are made preferably from a single piece of material such as relatively stiff cardboard or like product scored so that the ends may be folded upwardly at a right angle relationship with the bottom for providing the ends of the package when the same is completed. (In this view the end members are shown as rectangular though preferably they are curved as shown in Figure 1.) The bottom and ends constitute the sole opaque elements of the package the balance of the package consisting of a sheet of transparent frangible material 3 such as Cellophane which isvapplied before the contents of the package have been inserted and is secured by being pasted or other- 5 wise fastened along the outer sides 'of the ends and the bottom.

Figure 2 is the underside of a bottom 1 showing pasted thereto margins of the transparent sheet as indicated at 4 and 5. Figure 1 illustrates that a portion of the transparent sheet islpasted over the ends 7 of the package there illustrated.

The method of the present invention involves utilization of a member having a flat part" such as the bottom 1 and two ends bent at'substantially a right angle to the flat part and then pastingor otherwise securing a transparent frangible piece of material to the bottom and one of the ends then inserting the contents and. finally bending the other end inwardly completing the go pasting of the sheet to and around that end of the container.

The transverse shape of the container depends on the shape of the ends as the sheet of frangible transparent material 3 of course responds to the shape of the ends as the sheet is applied to the package for completing it.

Figure 1 shows a semi-cylindrical package while in Figure 3 there is shown a bottom and ends for a rectangular package and in Figure 4 the end suitable for a truncated conical package.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of a two piece package the bottom and ends of opaque substantially stiff material and the application of a sheet of transparent frangible material of less stiff quality to retain the package contents against the bottom and end walls.

The invention provides a packing display receptacle having a plane opaque bottom or back and opaque end members at each end of the back adapted to be turned inwardly at right angles with the back, said end members having shape and width to conform generally with the crosssectional contour of the package when completed, the remaining wall of the package being transparent and secured at its edges on the under side the bottom near each edge and affording therewith and the ends a compartment of a desired size to receive the contents one of the ends is turned inward and the transparent material or Cellophane pasted there around before filling the other end being left open to be filled and closed by pasting the Cellophane there around after filling. a

The invention provides a method of packaging wherein integral relatively stifi plane bottom and end members, the latter adapted to be turned inwardly at approximately right angles with the bottom affords a frame or base for the remaining portion of the investing material which is transparent such for example, as "Cellophane, this is tightly secured at its opposite edges along the bottom on each side thereof, one end portion of the Cellophane being tightly and permanently secured along and around the outer side of the corresponding end member, the investment or container thus formed for the material to be received therein conforming generally in cross section to the shape and size of the end members, the package being closed when filled by turning the remaining end member inwardly and pasting or otherwise tightly securing the cellophane on and around the end.

The contents of the package are maintained in a sanitary condition at all times though permitting the utmost freedom in handling, and inspection. The package is also very strong and may be stacked on end or in any preferred manner in shipping or in the sales room for display.

The invention has been described herein more or less precisely as to details yet it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited thereby as changes may be made in the form arrangement and proportion of parts and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

Container for packaging which consists in providing a member having a plane bottom part and two plane ends at right angles with the bottom and having a. transparent piece of material such as Cellophane secured to said bottom and affording side and top walls, one of said end walls having the transparent piece secured therearound to close said end and engaging directly against the margins of said end throughout the full extent of the same to serve as the sole means to maintain said one end in right angular relationship with respect to said bottom and to form the ultimate transverse shape 0! said package prior to filling, the other end being adapted to be closed and cemented to the transparent piece when the container is filled, such ultimate shape of said package being attained prior to filling by reason of the contact of said transparent piece of material against the margins of said one end and throughout its peripheral extent.

RICHARD M. QUIGG. 

